Band · Australian orchestra founded in 1975
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Albums
59
Members
8
Active
1975–present
Origin
Australia
Biography
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is an Australian orchestra focused on chamber music based in Sydney. The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975. Richard Tognetti was appointed lead violin in 1989 and subsequently appointed artistic director.
Discography
Ancient Airs and Dances / The Birds
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor" / Grosse Fuge
Kreutzer Sonata for Strings / Adagio for Strings / Sonata for Strings
Piano Concerto nos. 2, 3
Mozart Arias: With Obbligato Instruments
Spirit
Mendelssohn: Octet / Grieg: Holberg Suite / Verdi: String Quartet
Schumann / Hindemith
Scenes
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Mozart: Symphony no. 40
Carnival of the Animals
D. Shostakovich: Concerto no. 1 for Cello and Orchestra / Z. Kodály: Sonata for Cello Solo, op. 8
String Quartets Arranged for String Orchestra
Haydn: Cello Concertos / Beethoven: Romances
Second Sonata / Irkanda I / Irkanda IV / Cello Dreaming / Lament / Djilile
Song of the Angel
Classical Concertos
Kindred Spirit
Orchestral Masterpieces
Orchestral Masterpieces: Pulcinella / Violin Concerto / Concerto for Strings / Dunbarton Oaks / Petrouchka
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Keyboard Concertos 1: BWV 1052 / BWV 1058 / Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 / Triple Concerto
The Keyboard Concertos 2: BWV 1053 / BWV 1054 / BWV 1055 / BWV 1056 / BWV 1057
Flute Concertos
Keyboard Concertos
Violin Concertos
Artistic Director Richard Tognetti's 20th Anniversary Season
Celebrating 20 Years Together
The Baroque Trombone
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Classical Destinations
Violin Concertos 3 & 5 / Sinfonia Concertante
Dances to a Black Pipe
Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58 / Piano Sonatas no. 14 ("Moonlight") & no. 31 (op. 110)
Violin Concertos 1, 2 & 4 / Rondo in C / Adagio in E
Holberg Suite / String Quartet in G minor / Two Elegiac Melodies / Erotikk
Pipe Dreams
Concerto for Violin and Piano / Octet
The 4 Seasons
Mozart’s Last Symphonies
Enchanted: Live in Concert
Jonny Greenwood Water, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Night Music
Mountain
Beethoven
Orchestral Works
River
River
Indies & Idols
Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 Eroica
Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 Eroica: Live in Concert
Memoir of a Snail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Concertos for Violin and Orchestra (live in concert)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade | Andante Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
Celebrating 40 Years
Musical Renegades
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C / Souvenir de Florence
The Qantas Collection 2
Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53
Credits
The Keyboard Concertos 2: BWV 1053 / BWV 1054 / BWV 1055 / BWV 1056 / BWV 1057
Ancient Airs and Dances, The Birds
Cello Concerto, Pieces for Cello and Piano
Circles In The Sky
Concerto No. 1 For Cello And Orchestra / Sonata For Cello Solo, Op. 8
Concerto No.5 'Emperor' / Grosse Fuge
Concerto Of The Greater Sea
Double Concerto, Sinfonietta Giocosa, Rhapsody-Concerto
Flute Concertos
John Williams Plays Schubert & Giuliani
Memoir Of A Snail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Port Essington, 3 Sonatas For Strings, Lament, Irkanda IV
Pulcinella (Complete) / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Song Of The Angel
Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 Eroica
Symphony No.80 In D Minor/ Symphony No.81 In G Major
The Keyboard Concertos - 1
Working Class Boy: The Movie Soundtrack